RichardKennaway comments on Brain Preservation - Less Wrong

22 Post author: jkaufman 28 March 2012 12:56PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 29 March 2012 04:23:23AM 2 points [-]

the earlier they stop reproducing, the earlier their cessation of aging evolves to be

That seems bizarre. Is it possible that aging is a means for individuals to signal fitness? (I look really old; I must be really good at surviving!)

Comment author: RichardKennaway 29 March 2012 10:35:07AM 1 point [-]

Is it possible that aging is a means for individuals to signal fitness?

Only if you're going to carry on reproducing at that age.

BTW, I may have misstated the method of breeding for earlier cessation of aging. I can't find again what I was reading that I described in those words, but other papers of Rose talk about promoting longevity by selecting for late offspring.